Gauge relocation for batwing

[Hyde]

I know this horse has been beaten many times as I found in the search but this situation is a little different. I dont believe the xf6 relocation will work due to my bars. They are 1.25 diameter, 8" rise and 8" pullback drag bars, so in addition to being a larger diameter they would be very in your face with bar mounted gauges. Has anyone mounted them somewhere other than the bars for a batwing relocation?

[John Schmidt]

Don't know what type batwing you have, this is what I used and ended up leaving the gauges in their stock position.



This is the unit I used, cut the square bottom off so it had a nice curve around the bottom on each side.

[Hyde]

Thanks for the reply, this is going to be an audio fairing though. USA Trailer made for the vtx1800 specifically

[Chrisj CMA]

What do you need guages for. Mount a good GPS to the inside of the faring, one that shows your speed and call it good.

I have a Valkyrie with a Woody's faring, bar mounted guages and it took some getting used to. 

I thought about removing them and getting a GPS or small electronic speedo

[Jopson]

I made my own brackets using a pair of kuryakyn highway peg clamps and a piece of flat bar when I put my tsukayu batwing on.

[Hyde]

Highway peg clamps why didnt I think of that, thanks! See how far I can move them with the factory cable, Im guessing not far

[Jopson]

Highway peg clamps why didnt I think of that, thanks! See how far I can move them with the factory cable, Im guessing not far

Good luck!
Only thing I needed to do was pull a bit more wire out of the headlight bowl (there's plenty) an buy a speedo extension cable which was like $15 off eBay.

[Bagger John - #3785]

What do you need gauges for. Mount a good GPS to the inside of the faring, one that shows your speed and call it good.

Because the GPS satellite constellation can and does fail. Sometimes intentionally. GPS units typically don't include a tach. (ETA: If there is such an animal, someone post a link to it, please.)

I thought about removing them and getting a GPS or small electronic speedo

Get one of these

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=510/category_id=518/mode=prod/prd510.htm

I had an HLY-5000x on my VTX1800C. This unit does a whole lot more. Apart from a water temperature indicator you really don't need any other gauges on the bike.

Replace the stock Valkyrie handlebar clamp with a two-piece unit (such as a VT1100 uses; available in chrome) and mount the speedo in the center of the bars using Dakota's 1" bar mount. Next, remove the stock speedo drive cable and attach the speedo sender unit from an I/S to the gearbox then interface to the Dakota unit. They're 3-wire...+12v/GND/Output (5v pulsed). (Connection details can be found on Page 19-9 of the '97-01 GL1500 Valkyrie Service Manual.) Dakota's speedo models offer a calibration routine that sets them up for your bike's sender.


If I didn't have plans to mount the head unit of a Yaesu ham rig between my '99 Tourer's risers (replacing a gauge that's currently installed) I'd be tempted to swap its stock gauges for the unit I linked. Then add a matching clock on one side of the risers and a water temp gauge on the other.

[Hyde]

I have T bars so no bar clamps on my bike for the single gauge setup. I think I can rig something up with the peg clamps. Fairing is already on the way so hope I figure it out!

[Bagger John - #3785]

I have T bars so no bar clamps on my bike for the single gauge setup. I think I can rig something up with the peg clamps. Fairing is already on the way so hope I figure it out!

I -think- there are mounts available for that style of bar from D-D and at least one other electronic gauge manufacturer.

Bruor and I did some long-distance engineering once upon a time and ended up using a set of 1" diameter mirror clamps when he mounted an HLY-5000 to his customized I/S, so there's another option worth looking into.

[Magellon]

Try a Woodys and mount the gauges in it. For music use the Kenwood  KAC-M1824BT, bluetooth it to your phone.

http://www.kenwood.com/usa/car/marine/kac-m1824bt/